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Consideration of climate change in Nova Scotian environmental assessments: A critical review and recommendations for improvement
No full textThis study evaluates how climate change (CC) is considered in recent environmental assessments (EA) in Nova Scotia, Canada. We assessed 38 EA reports covering six project types: wind farms, road expansions/utility corridors, quarries, mines, green hydrogen plants, and waste treatment facilities. Reports were scored based on 4 or 5 questions in each of four categories: coverage of basic CC science, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, greenhouse gas mitigation, and CC adaptation. Wind farms and road expansion/utility corridor projects scored the highest across most categories, particularly in GHG accounting and mitigation. Quarry expansions and waste treatment facilities scored poorly, with quarry projects receiving the lowest scores in GHG accounting and adaptation. Common weaknesses included inadequate enforcement of mitigation measures and a lack of consideration for carbon sequestration in GHG accounting. Green hydrogen production plants demonstrated strengths in renewable energy sourcing but lacked comprehensive GHG accounting and basic CC science. Mines, though reporting well on basic climate-change science and CC adaptation, had inadequate GHG accounting and mitigation. Environmental assessment practices have improved slightly but can be better aligned with Nova Scotia’s climate action goals. Planners need better integration of sequestration, more consistent accounting, and more consistent enforcement of mitigation strategies.
Keywords: Greenhouse gas accounting; climate mitigation; climate adaptation; carbon sequestratio
About the Cover
Full text linkPilar Robinson Gonzalez, MSc, PhD in Health Student
College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
About the artist: Pilar is a second-year student at Dalhousie University in the PhD in Health program. Her research is investigating ways to improve access and uptake of the HPV vaccine by Nova Scotian youth
Colonialism and Rocket Launches in Churchill, MB
No full textPeople have looked to the sky for generations and around the world, using the stars for navigation and mythology. Since the 1950s, space sciences (astronomy, aerospace engineering, planetary sciences, and more) have been inextricably linked to political and corporate interests. My reflection provides a short history of the colonial history of space science. It examines two potential futures for space science, one that continues perpetuating hegemonic narratives of domination and another that centres Indigenous geographies and scientific knowledge
The Anticolonial Black Pharmacy Students’ Association: How the Education of Racialized Medical Conditions Will Change the Field of Pharmacy.
No full textHaving a student led event meant to inform marginalized groups is decolonial. Because Universities are colonial institutions, and student are often the first to act when the institution does not. The Black Pharmacy Students’ Association at the University of Alberta is an example of a student group that acted to educate students of colour about skin conditions on dark skin, using their education as an anticolonial method